From 92ffe0571a49077f06fc65bf0ada753b30fd8a53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 20:02:09 +0100
Subject: date,touch: treat 2-digit years better (fit them into +-50 yrs around
 today)

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
---
 libbb/time.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

(limited to 'libbb')

diff --git a/libbb/time.c b/libbb/time.c
index 2a74d34c2..1eb2d75c2 100644
--- a/libbb/time.c
+++ b/libbb/time.c
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ void FAST_FUNC parse_datestr(const char *date_str, struct tm *ptm)
 		 *
 		 * This coincides with the format of "touch -t TIME"
 		 */
+		unsigned cur_year = ptm->tm_year;
 		int len = strchrnul(date_str, '.') - date_str;
 
 		/* MM[.SS] */
@@ -133,6 +134,17 @@ void FAST_FUNC parse_datestr(const char *date_str, struct tm *ptm)
 					&end) >= 5) {
 			/* Adjust month from 1-12 to 0-11 */
 			ptm->tm_mon -= 1;
+			if ((int)cur_year >= 50) { /* >= 1950 */
+				/* Adjust year: */
+				/* 1. Put it in the current century */
+				ptm->tm_year += (cur_year / 100) * 100;
+				/* 2. If too far in the past, +100 years */
+				if (ptm->tm_year < cur_year - 50)
+					ptm->tm_year += 100;
+				/* 3. If too far in the future, -100 years */
+				if (ptm->tm_year > cur_year + 50)
+					ptm->tm_year -= 100;
+			}
 		} else
 		/* ccyymmddHHMM[.SS] */
 		if (len == 12 && sscanf(date_str, "%4u%2u%2u%2u%2u%c",
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